Hegarty K, Roberts G
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 1998 Feb;22(1):49-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01144.x.
We systematically reviewed studies of the prevalence of domestic violence. Selected overseas community studies were compared with all Australian prevalence studies found to be published. Twelve-month prevalence estimates of partner abuse in Australia varied from 2.1 per cent to 28.0 per cent, depending mainly on the definition of domestic violence used in each study. Implications of the lack of a precise definition result in varying operationalised definitions of partner abuse, from all types of violence in relationships (including a single minor violent incident), through to only those violent incidents that are classified as a crime. Recommendations for any future prevalence studies in this field include the need to collect frequency data which reflected the fact that partner abuse against women is a complex behavioural phenomenon involving emotional, physical and sexual abuse against a partner, not just simply physical incidents.
我们系统地回顾了有关家庭暴力患病率的研究。将选定的海外社区研究与所有已发表的澳大利亚患病率研究进行了比较。澳大利亚伴侣虐待行为的12个月患病率估计值在2.1%至28.0%之间，这主要取决于每项研究中对家庭暴力的定义。缺乏精确的定义导致对伴侣虐待行为的操作性定义各不相同，从关系中的所有暴力类型（包括单次轻微暴力事件），到仅将那些被归类为犯罪的暴力事件。该领域未来任何患病率研究的建议包括需要收集频率数据，这反映出针对女性的伴侣虐待是一种复杂的行为现象，涉及对伴侣的情感、身体和性虐待，而不仅仅是单纯的身体事件。
